Early results from a Canadian multicenter prospective registry of the Endurant stent graft for endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms.

PurposeTo report the early results of a multicenter registry of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) using the Endurant stent-graft.MethodsPatients having elective treatment of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with the Endurant stent-graft at 3 Canadian centers were enrolled in a prospective registry between September 2008 and January 2010. In the 16-month period, 111 patients (90 men; mean age 75 years, range 53–93) were registered. Thirty-seven (33.3%) patients had challenging anatomy: short proximal aortic necks (n = 17), large diameter (>28 mm) aortic necks (n = 4), angulated (>60°) necks (n=3), and small ( 5 mm, secondary intervention, stent-graft migration, and graft thrombosis.ResultsThe overall technical success rate was 100%. Nineteen (17.1%) patients experienced perioperative complications. After a mean follow-up of 6 months (range 0.1–16), mortality in the series was 4.5%: 1 perio...